Pay-in / Pay-out (petty cash)

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In the  pay-in and pay-outs list, you can book pay-ins and pay-outs without direct connection to an invoice or a reservation.

Pay-Ins are when cash is collected on the business floor in an ad hoc manner, pay-Outs are when cash from the business floor is distributed to somebody.

Some examples for using petty cash include the following: paying the postal carrier the 30 cents due on a letter being delivered, reimbursing an employee $10 for supplies purchased, or paying $18 for bakery goods delivered for a an early morning meeting. The bookings can be done for various accounts.

For example, if cash is taken out of the hotel cash register, the amount will be booked as a withdrawal for the respective account. At the same time, you can accept pay-ins for each account. This enables you to manage the cash on hand for various accounts in the hotel.

Each booking (pay-in or pay-out) is given its own voucher number. The voucher with which the system is to start, can be managed via: System data > My property > Voucher number.   learn more!

The active list shows you all of the booked   pay-ins and pay-outs for a certain day or period of time.

NOTE

  1. Only payments will be taken into consideration whose method of payment has been activated for the program "Pay-in / Pay-out payments (System data > Methods of Payment >  Use in Pay-in / Pay-out) - for example used only in cash payments.

  2. You must be registered to the cash register to be able to book pay-ins and pay-outs.

What information is displayed?

Column

Description

Ref. No.

Each booking (pay-in or pay-out) is allotted its own reference number which will be displayed here.

Inv. No.

Only for pay-ins and pay-outs with direct reference to guest: Display of the invoice number, if the respective guest invoice has already been checked out.

Text

For payments without direct reference to invoices or reservations  , the "Text" column shows the booking which had been entered when the payment had been booked (Cash register > Pay-in / Pay-out).

For payments which have been booked via a Passerby invoice, the text "passerby" + the respective invoice number appears.

For payments with direct reference to invoices or reservations, the guest's name will be displayed. Has the respective guest invoice already checked out, the invoice number will also appear here. Should the invoice still be open, only the guest name will appear here.

Amount

Pay-ins will now be shown without currency symbols (50.00 € 50.00 have been paid in)

Pay-outs will be displayed in red and with a minus symbol (-) in front of the amount, which means that this amount has been subtracted.

Payment type

Booked method of payment

Account

For pay-ins and pay-outs without direct reference to an invoice or reservation (e.g., payment of a delivery directly from the cash register), the account that had been selected for the booking will be displayed (e.g., "register 1").

Pay-ins and pay-outs with direct reference to a guest will be displayed without accounts, because the payment had been booked by means of the respective guest invoice.

Created by

User, who has executed the pay-in/pay-out

Cash Register No.

The pay-in/pay-out was executed on the provided cash register number.

Closure No.

The pay-in/pay-out was executed on the provided end of day number.

Foreign currency

Displays whether the pay-in/pay-out was executed in a foreign currency

Refresh display

You will have to refresh the display as soon as you change a filter criterion in the list:

  • hit the <Enter> key to do so, or
  • click on the magnifying glass  at the top right.

Limit Display

Length of time period

You can change the display by selecting another date.

Reference number

By entering a number into the search field, you can search for a certain referencenumber.

End of day number

By entering a number into the Closure no.., you can search for a certain reference number.

User name

By entering a user name into the User search field, you can search for the creator of a pay-in or pay-out.

Account and method of payment

You can limit a certain account and/or to a certain method of payment.

In the respective selection list , select the check box in front of the desired account / method of payment - see following illustration.

Cash Register

Selecting the Cash Registers. The pay-in / pay-outs will only be listed for the cash register selected here. Select the respective checkbox to select a certain cash register.

Show guest invoices

If the check mark has been set, payments with direct reference to invoices or reservations will be displayed (e.g., cash payments from guests or passerbys).

Possible actions to be taken:

By means of the allotted buttons in the window below, you can execute the following actions for one or more of the marked reservations:

The dialog box to book a pay-in or pay-out opens.

  • To print the list, click on the subtask entitled "Print". The list will be printed exactly as it appears on your screen.

  • An Excel file containing the data shown on your screen will be created by clicking the "Print as Excel list" subtask.

Book Pay-ins / Pay-outs

Note!

You must be logged in to a cash register to access this function.

 

In the Pay-ins / Pay-outs list, click the [Book Pay-ins / Pay-outs] button [Lists > Pay-ins / Pay-outs[

Requirements

To be able to book pay-ins and pay-outs:

  1. an account will need to be set up for pay-ins and pay-outs (System data > POS > Payment type > "Accounts" tab)    to learn more!

  2. activate a payment type for pay-ins and pay-outs  (System data > Payment types > Edit payment type)    learn more!

Post pay-in

Click on the  Cash register > post Pay-ins / Pay-outs.

Select die method of payment (usually "Bar").

Select an Account (e.g., "Buy").

Enter the amount to be payed-in.

If required enter a posting text (e.g., a payment reference.

Verify your entries with [OK].

Post pay-out

Click on Cash register > Book Pay-in / Pay-Out

Select die method of payment (usually "Cash").

Select an Account (e.g., "Expenses").

Enter the amount to be payed-out: Put a minus sign (-) in front of the amount, e.g., -112.35:

Figure: Negative amounts will be booked as pay-outs.

If required enter a postingtext (e.g., a payment reference).

Confirm with [OK].